Hydrogeochemical and Biogeochemical Processes in Kaffiøyra River Catchments (Spitsbergen, Norway)

• Published in: Quaestiones Geographicae
• Main Authors: Borysiak, Janina, Grześ, Marek, Pulina, Marian, Szpikowska, Grażyna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; biogenic CO2; chemical denudation; hydrochemistry; hydrology; tundra vegetation; Norway; Kaffiøyra; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/qg/article/view/quageo-2015-0010

The paper presents the results of hydrogeochemical and biogeochemical studies in the area of Kaffiøyra river catchments in the ablation season 2004. Vegetation, hydrological regime, mineralization and ionic composition of circulating waters, rate of annual chemical denudation and biogenic CO2 conten...